NGT vs. AEM, WPM, ABX, FNV, K, TNX, LUG, AGI, PAAS, and OGC
Should you be buying Newmont stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newmont include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (K), TRX Gold (TNX), Lundin Gold (LUG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), and OceanaGold (OGC). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Newmont vs. Its Competitors
Newmont (TSE:NGT) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Newmont had 5 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Newmont and 5 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Newmont's score of 0.78 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.1% of Newmont shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Newmont pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Newmont pays out -89.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Agnico Eagle Mines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newmont. Newmont is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Newmont has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Newmont presently has a consensus price target of C$62.50, suggesting a potential downside of 34.03%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of C$163.33, suggesting a potential downside of 12.52%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Newmont.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 12.86% compared to Newmont's net margin of -7.14%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 5.05% beat Newmont's return on equity.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Newmont on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:NGT) was last updated on 8/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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